Machine for banding a. strip and cutting the latter between the bands to provide banded pieces



March 11, 1930. A. R. SELDEN 1:50.059

MACHINE Eon BANDING A STRIP AND CUTTING" THE LATTE BETWEEN THE BANDS TO PROVIDE BANDED PIECES Filed July 15. 1926 4'Sheets-Sheetl g woewbou AHTHUH FLSELUEN;

' 'fi oabtomcud 1,750,059 HE LATTER PIECES March 11, 1930. A. R. SELDEN MACHINE FOR BANDIN A STRIP AND CUTTING BETWEEN THE BANDS TO PROVIDE BANDED 4 Sheets-sheaf a Filed July 15, 1926 gwoewtoz AHTHUH FLSELDEN.

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A. R. SELDEN MACHINE FOR BANDING A STRI? AND CUTTING THE LATTE BETWEEN THE BANDS TO PROVIDE BANDED PIECES Filed July 15. 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Jul we :1 or AHTHUH FLEELDEN.

I l I 44) c1 Horne-1 5 Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR B. snmmu, 01' EB, NEW YORK- FOB BAHDING A. STRIP AND CUTTDIG 'IHE LAT'IEB B THE BANDS TO PROVIDE BANIDED PIECE Application fled July 15,

The present invention relates to a machine for banding)a strip and cutting the latter between the ands to provide Another object of the invention is to provide a banding means which will form a band about a moving strip. Still another object of the invention is to provide a band forming means which folds upwardly on opposite sides of a moving strip, the opposite edges of a band forming piece after one edge of the latter has been provided with an adhesive said means afterwards folding said edges 0 the band forming piece one upon the other as the band forming piece is carried by the strip through the machine. Still another object of the invention is to wrap about a movmgX strip a piece of sheet mate ial with an ad esive on one edge so that the two edges of the wrapping material are caused to over-.

lap and adhere one to the other, means being provided which will hold the overlapping edges in cooperative relation durin the traveling of the band through the mac e until the adhesive has dried. Stillanother object of the invention is to rovide an improved adhesive applying mec anism for a wrapping band. A still further ob'ect of the invention is to provide a novel eating means which will dry the adhesive after the wrapper or band has been applied about the movmg strip.

To these and-other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of whlch will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

, Fig. 1 is a plan view of a machine, constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 shows the machine in side elevation;-

Fig. 3 is a view of the intake end of machine with parts in section;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary transverse section through the machine;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-'-5, Fig. 6;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of the paits shown in Fig. 5; 4

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-47, Fig. 5;

the

anded pieces.

1m. Serial Io. 122,626.

liig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8, Fig. 6; an v Fig. 9 is a fragmentary detail view of the slotted. pitman in the adhesive applying mechanism.

'In the illustrated embodiment of the in-. vention, 1 indicates a base late on which is.

supported a compression tn 2 horizontally arranged and having a flared end 3 through which the "material to be handed is passed. The compression tube 2 has two openings} at its top wall and two openings 5 in its ttom wall, one in advance of the other. Through these openings 4 and 5four rotary compression and feeding members 6, 7, 8 and 9 are arranged to operate, the members 6 and 7 being opposite each other adjacent the intake 3 and the members 8 and 9 being opposite each other and being situated at a point farther removed from the intake than the membelrs 6 and 7, so that the two pairs successive y o rate. 11 n a strip passing through the sompress i n tube 2. The mem'- bers 6 to 9, inclusive, are preferably in the form of short cylinders with points or projections 9 arranged on their peripheries. The members 6 and 7 are geared together through gears 10 and 11 arranged ontheir respective shafts and thei members 8 and 9 are geared'together by gears 12 and 13 having driving connection between them preferably through an idler gear 14 meshing with the twogears 11 and 13. The turmng of the I combined and compression feeding members 6, 7, 8 and 9 is effected, in this instance, through a bevelled r 15 on a shaft of the member 9, this bev ed gear 15 meshing the gear 16 on the shaft 17 extending longitudinally of the machine and having a drive pulley 18 or other suitable drivmg means connected thereto.

After the material has been compressed by being passed thro h the compresslon tube 2, it passes to the and or wrapper l:ppilying mechanism. This mechanism em es, in this instance, a tube 19 formmg an extension of the tube 2 and having lts discharge end bevelled or cut away at 20. This discharge or bevelled end lies over a'slot or opemng 21 in a table to which a suitable latter and hold the sheet with yiel Band forming piece or sheet is fed, one edge of the iece or sheet preferably having a moist a esive applied thereto.

with the end in view of shapin or forming the band forming piece or s eet about the comp strip of material mving through the machine, there is provided a primary fo means which moves the opposite edges the sheet or strip u wardly on opposite sides of the strip to be ande This primary forming means, in this instance, is in the formof a roller or wheel 23 mounted to turn on a shaft 24 on a frame 25 which swings on the shaft 26 of the compression and driving member 9. This wheel is grooved and formed with teeth 23 in said ve. It is adapted to' operate through the ot 21 in the table 22 beneath the bevelled end of the tube 19. Also mounted on the armisa airofformingblades or mem rs 27 which project beyond the periphery of the grooved wheel 23. The wheel 23-is preferably driventhrough a gear 28 on its 'shaft'meshing with a gear 29 supported on the arm 25 and in turn meshing with a gear 13 on the shaft26 of the feeding and compression member 9. This primary band forming meansis moved toward and from the strip to be handed in any suitable manner. In this instance a lever 31 pivoted at 32 to a fixed part 0 the machine and between its ends has one end provided with a roller 33 cooperating with a cam'34 on the shaft 85 on which the com ression and feeding member 7 is The other end of this lever 31 is connected by a link 36 with the swinging member 25, so that when the llever 31 moves iph one direction as bsehoggn in .5itswin eswin gmem r upwhrdly to m the gro xbd roller 23 and the blades 27 upwardly in order to cooperate with the band or wra per. Whereas when the lever 31 is moved 1n the opposite direction, it swings the swinging member 25 downwardly below the table 22 in orderthat the band forming material may be fed onto the table over lthe slot 21.hlilountel on the mem r25 is a oding evice in the foni i of a spring arm 37 which has an edge 38 operable in the slot 21 so as to engage the band forming sheet or material and move it upwardly against the lower of the tube 19 adjacentathe dischar o the P sure 'nst said tube so that it does not shift sidewise. Of course, this holder moves downwardly below the slot 21 when the memher-25 is swung downwardly with the roller 23 The band forming material is, in this instance, in the form of paper fed from a roll 89 journalled at 40 to the frame of the machine and assing u wardlyfrom the roller to a mec anismf This feeding in this instance, embodies a lower this guide plate horizontal roll 41 and an upper horizontal roll 42, the latter being held with adjustable yielding pressure toward the roll 41 by a spring 43. These feeding rolls feed the sheets to the table 22 before mentioned over the slot 21. This feeding, in this instance, is effected through a grooved cam 44 on a sleeve 200 turning on the shaft 17. This cam, in this instance, engages a roller 45 of an arm 46 of a bell crank lever which is pivoted at 47 to the frame of the machine and has an arm 48 extending therefrom and nected at 49 to a link 50 which 1s in turn connected at 51 to a swinging member 52 to which a pawl 53 is pivoted, this pawl engaging a ratchet 54 of the shaft 55 of the roll 41 and acting'to turn the roll 41 a certain distance when the swinging member 52 is moved in one direction, said pawl riding over the ratchet wheel when the swinging member 52 is moved in the opposite direction. In this way, the feeding roll 41 is given a step by step feedin movement from the continuous movement in the shaft 17. After the sheet has been laid u n or fed to the table 22, a portion thereof 1s severed from the main portion to provide a band or wrapper. This result may be secured in any suitable manner. In this instance, there is employed a fixed knife 56 the upper ed e of WhlOh is substantially in the plane of t e upper surface of the table 22 and in immediate proximity to said table. A 'elding guide plate 57 extends from the. eedin roll 41 to said knife 56, ing opposed by an upper guide plate 58 between which end the plate 57 the material asses. The guide late 57 extends slightly yond the edge of t e guide plate 58 in order that a movable cutter 59 may cooperate with the fixed cutter 56. This movable cutter is in-the form of a vertically movable blade havin connected to its opposite ends two do ars 60 which are vertically reciproca on cooperating guides on the frame of the machine and are connected at their lower ends by a cross iece 61. This cross piece 61 through an a justing screw 62 pivotally connects with the lever 31 hereinbeforementi'oned so that the reciprocation of the knife 59 may be effected through the lever 31 and consegpently intimed relation to the primary fol 'ng means, the knife descending and severing a portion of the banding or wrapping material from the main portion after the rimary foldin means moves .below the tab e 22 and the eeding mechanism for the material operates to feed a portion of the banding or wrappin material over the table at a time between t e cutting o ration of the knife 59 and the passage of e primary folding means between the table and the knife movlng upwardly as the pri-' mary folding means moves upwardly.

Before the primary folding means comes into operation, and about the time that the ivotally con- This adhesive applying mechanism comprises an adhesive containing tank 63 having an undercut portion at one side, the bottom wall 64 of which is formed with an opening 65 within the tank and above this opening is a roller 66 which receives an adhesive on its surface from a roller 67 also mounted in the container 63, the latter rotating also in engagement with the periphery of a drum 68 rotating in container 63. v The rollers 66 and 68 rotate by contact with the roller 67 and the latter is operated periodically by a mechanism comprising preferably a ratchet wheel 69 engaged by a ratchet 70 pivotally mounted. on a swinging member 71 which turns on the shaft of the ratchet 69. With the member 71 is pivotally connected at 72 a link 7 3 which in turn is pivotally connected at 74 to an arm -7 5 which is secured to a rock shaft 76 turning on the frame of the .machine. The

rock shaft 76 also has an arm 201 which is pivoted at 202 to a pitman 203, the latter bemg slotted-at 204 and guided on the shaft 17. This pitman 203 also carries a roller 204: operating on a grooved cam 205 which is secured to the sleeve 200 with the cam 44.

The, rock shaft 76 also has arms 77 on the opposite sides of the machine connected by an adhesive applier 78 in the form of a metal bar mounted to swing on the two arms 77 about an axis 79, the applying edge 80 of the opening .45

this adhesive applier being eccentric to and operated around said axis. This swinging applier is adapted to have its edge engage one edge of the band material on the table 22 when the'applier is in its lower position and when the applier is swung to its upper position, the applying edge" 80 passes through 65 in the bottom of the offset portion of the adhesive container to engage with the periphery of the roller 66 in order to receive an adhesive from said surface. Any suitable means mafy be employed for causing the swin 'ng-o the applier 78 on the arms 77. In t 's instance, at one side of the container and below the ofiset portion,

there is supported on the frame of the ma- '84 extending laterally from the applier 78,

the in 83 being eccentric to the axis of turning of said applier. As the arms move up and down the pin 83 travels in the way or guide 82. -At or about the central portion of this way or guide, there is provided an off set portion 85 into which the pin 83 is deflected as shown in Fi 4, so that the arms 77 move downwardly cm the uppermost ing of the position where the applier is projected 11P- '85 of the trackway 82.

After the primary folding of the band about the bottom and opposite sides of the strip, a secondary folding takes place which causesthe turnin of the two upstanding edges of the band forming piece over the top of the strip, one in advance of the other, the one with the adhesive being turned last, so that the adhesive thereon may be brought in contact with the portion first turned. This secondary folding mechanism embodies a tube 88 which has a flared intake portion 89 and has its top portion provided with a flared opening, one wall 90 of which is parallel with the line of feed through the machine while the opposite wall 91 is inclined to said line of feed. The wall 91 engages one upstanding edge of the band material andturns it inwardly while the edge 90 permits the other upstanding edge to maintain its upright position.

'As the band forming material advances with the strip to be handed, the remaining upstanding edge enters a slot 92 which is at an angle'to the line of feed.

angle of the wall 91 of the opposite to the,

walls of this slot 92 flared portion. The

take the remaining upstanding edge of the banding material or that which is coated and turn such edge inwardly in overlapping relation on the edge first turned, so that the banding operation In order to facilitate the entrance of the strip of material and the band into the secondary folder, the end 93 of the tube 19 beyond the cut away portion 20 extends into the flared portion 89 of the secondary folder.

After the secondary folding and the unittwo edges of the band forming piece to form the bandabout the strip, the

of the strip is completed. Y

band is subjected to a drying and pressure mechanism which applies pressure thereto durin the travel of the band for such a period t at the drying of the adhesive can take place. During this drying period, the band 1s 0 erated upon in a manner to assist the.

fee ing of the strip through the feeding machine without, at the same time, acting injuriously on the bands on the strip. The' strip with the bands, after leaving the secondary folder, passes over a flat surface 94 formed by the upper side of a bar 95. On opposite sides of this bar are arranged to operate'two endless belts 96, these belts being mounted on two idler pulleys 97 turning on vertical axis 98 adjacent the discharge end of the secondary folder and on opposite sides of the line of feed of the strip through the machine. One lap of each belt which is of flat construction is vertically arranged and operates parallel with the side faces of the bar 95 being held in arallel relation thereto by upstanding aid plates 99 arranged on opposite sides of t e bar 95 and in spaced relatlon to the latter. Adjacent the discharge end of the bar,.two rollers 100 are mounted to turn about an upri htor vertical axis 101 on opposite sides of t 1e line of feed and the belts edge passing beyond the end of the bar 95 pass about these two rollers 100 and are driven thereby, the two shafts 101 having at their'lower ends intermeshing gears 102 and one of the shafts 101 of one of the rollers or pulleys having a bevelled gear 103 thereon with which a bevelled gear 104 and a horizontal shaft 105 meshes. This horizontal shaft 105 also carries a gear 106 meshing in turn with a gear 107 on a shaft 17, so that the shaft 17 is utilized for driving the two endless belts 96. Automatic take up pulleys 108 cooperate with the bolts 96 on the outer faces of the outer lap, these two pulleys each being supported by an arm 109 pivoted at110, the two arms bein connected by a coil spring 111 which maintains the take up pulleys 108 with yielding pressure against the belts. The receiving portions of these belts are'such that each band on the strip is engaged by the belts before it passes from the grooved rollers 23 and in this way the bands are insured of moving with the strip to be banded.

, To cooperate with the bands at their adhesively secured joints while the bands on the striplare passing through the channel formed by t e two belts 96, a series of yielding pressure and heat conducting devices is employed.

In this instance, these yielding pressure devices are in the form of metallic spring arms 112 curved transversely to conform to the strip and its hands and each being connected by a yielding bend 113 with an attaching arm 114 which is secured to the under side of a heat conductin bar 115 which in turn is supported by brac ets 116 above the strip.

Any suitable heating means may e employed for heating the bar 115. In this inv stance, an electric heating coil (not shown) is arranged within a porcelain tube 115" suprted in contact with the bar 115. It will e seen that these series of pressure devices yield independentlyand each covers the strip and its bands but a short distance, but one extends in close proximity to the other so that the strip and its band is subjected to a yielding ressure substantially throughout its travel between the two belts 96 and at the same time these, pressure devices are heated, thus insuring.a quicker drying of the adhesive. The resilient portions 113 facilitate the passage of the strip and its bands beneath the ielding pressure devices, being disposed or eflected in the direction from which the strip is travelin In order to fivide the strip between the bends thereon a severin mechanism is employed which is active uring the travel of the strip and is continuousin its action. In this instance, after the banded strip emerges from the pressure and drying applyin means, it passes through a ta ered sleeve 11 at the dischar e end of whic is arranged a fixed knife bla e 118.; Cooperating with this knife blade is a movable knife blade 119, in this instance, secured to and projecting from a fly wheel 120 which is rigidly secured to the shaft'17. This projecting knife blade on the rotary fly wheel intersects and severs the strip issued from the tapered sleeve 117 at each rotation of the fly wheel and the periphery of the fly wheel is such that it does not interfere with the travel of the strand or strip.

In order to prevent the bands or wrappers being formed and pasted when a strip is not passing through the machine, a controllin means for the sheet feeding mechanism and pasting or adhesive applying mechanism is provided. In this instance this controlling means embodies a controller 206 pivoted at 207 and lying adjacent the feed wheels 8 and 9 in the path of the strip passing through the machine. This controller is ivoted at 208 to a link 209 which is pivot e to a bell crank lever 210, the latter connecting with a sliding clutch member 211 keyed to the shaft 17 to turn with the latter and movable into and out of engagement with a clutch on the sleeve 200 on which are arranged the-cams 44 and 205 that control the paper feeding and pasting mechanisms respectively. A spring 212 acts on the bell crank lever 210 to hold the clutch member 211 out of engagement with the sleeve 200 and to hold the controller 206 in the path of the strip being fed through the machine. When the controlling member 211 is held outwardly by a strip passing through the machine, then'the clutch member 210 will be held in en agement with the sleeve 200 and the paper ceding and the pasting mechanism will operate.

This machine is designed particularly for banding or wrapping pipe cleaners which embody wires to which are secured cotton bristles. These cleaners are usually arranged in a package surrounded by wrappers or bands neartheir centers. Prior to this invention these cleaners have been cut from long strands and then have been assembled in packages and banded or wrapped after being cut. According to this invention, a large number of long strands are assembled to provide a strip which is surrounded by the bands during the movement of the strip 4 through the machine, and thereafter the strip is out between the bands to' provide pieces each of which is in the form of a bundle of the pipe cleaners. It is a parent, however,

that the invention is not limited to banding pipe cleaners nor in fact to banding a strip embodying a plurality of strands, as the lao machine is capable of rating on any strip.

In the operation of t e invention the strip is fed into the intake end of the compression tube 3 and is first engaged by the feeding wheels 6 and 7 and fed thereby to the feeding wheels 8 and 9 which with the feeding wheels 6 and 7 compress the material and feed it to the, bandapplying mechanism. The wrapping material is taken from the roll 39' and fed step by step over the opening 21 in the table 22, the wrapping sheet being severed by the knives 56 and 59,, as a pieceof the wrapping sheet is over the opening 21.

" About the time this severing of the wrapping or banding takes place, an adhesive is applied to one ed e of the banding piece by an applier 78 whic adhesive roll 66 in the container 63.1' After i the adhesive is applied, the grooved roller-23 with the foldingblades 27 move u wardly I 7 through the opening 21 and causethe andlng v forming piece to be with the strip to be at the same time its op ressed into engagement handedjor wrapped and site ed s to be drawn upwardly on opposite sides 0 the strip to be banded or wrapped as shown on opposite banding piece passes out the roller 23, it is engaged by the finger gagement with the belts 96 it is effectively about thefstrip. The ,stri then is sides of Fig. 4 of t e drawings. 'Beforev the of engagementfwith 112 and the belts 96 so that it is insured of travelling with the strip. The fingers 112 heat the adhesive and dry, thesamefsothat the time the banding pieces pass out of ensecured p v passed to the cuttin mechanism w ere it is severed between the ands,

. prising means for moving a stri What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A machine of --the class described comof material through the machine, means. or tap lying bands to the strip at spaced oints whi c it is in motion through the mac e, and means for severing the strip betw'een said bands while the strip 1s moving.

2. A machine of the clam prising means described comfor moving thestrip through the machine, a support for a flat band forming piece situated to one side of the strip moving through the machine and holding said piece in the stationar position out of engagement from the with the strip, olding means for moving the I v opposite edges of sa1d band, forming piece' ban moves toward and from the site e through the machine and holding said piece in the stationary position out of engagement with the strip during the movement of the latter, a primary folding means for the folding of a band forming plece on opposite sic" es of the strip, means for causing said band" forming piece to travel with the strip, and a second folding means operating on'the op] 0- site edges of the band forming piece after the latter has passed from the first mentioned folding means to cause one of the edges of the band forming piece to overlap the other edge.

4. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the;

machine, a roller for moving ajband forming piece into engagement with the strip to cause the band piece to travel with, the strip, devices on opposite sides of a roller for moving the opposite edges of the band forming iece'v on opposite sides of thestri and a foiding means acting on the edges 0 the band forming piece to cause one tooverlap the other.

- 5. A machine of the class described come prising means for feeding a strip through the machine, a table on WhlCh a band forming piece is positioned, said table having an openmg adjacent the strip bein fed through the machine, a roller movable t roughsaid open-.

ing to cause the band forming piece to cooperate with the strip being fed through the machine in order that the band forming piece may travel with the strip, means movable site si es of the strip as the band formmg piece is moved into engagement with the strip, and means for folding the opposite-edges of .the band forming piece one upon the other after the band forming piece with-the strip has passed beyond the first mentioned folding means.

through said opening for folding the oppo'-- es of the band forming piece on oppom 6. A machine of the class described comi prising means for feeding a strip through the means for supporting a band formmachine, ing piece to one side of-a strip assing through the machine, a roller mova 1e toward and from the striato cause the band forming piece i the strip, blades arran ed on v opposite sides of and movable with sai roller n" V to travel wi to cooperate with the band forming piece in order to fold opposite edges of the latter on opposite sides of the strip, and-means for;

turning one edge of the band forming piece over the other edge of said band forming piece after the latter has assed the blades.

7. A machine of the c ass described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting a band form-' ing piece to one side of the strip, and a rmmg ment with the 1 8. A machine 0 the class described comgrooved roller movable to engage said'band piece to move the latter into engageprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting a form infi piece to one side of the strip, a 'ooved ro er movable to engage said,band ormin piece to move the latter into engagement wi the strip, and mechanism for turning said grooved roller at a speed substantiall equal to the travel of the strip through t e machine. K

9. A machine of the class described comprising means for feedin a stri through the machine, means for feedi a and forming piece into en agement wit one side of the strip, two bl es for engaging the band formilg piece to move the latter on opposite sides 0 t opposite ed of the band forming iece one upon the otfi r after the band formiiig piece has passed said blades.

10. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through an the machine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of said strip a grooved roller movable toward and from the strip to ca the band forming piece into engagement wit the strip, at a mova le support for said roller, two blades carried by said support and arranged on opposite sides of sai roller to cooperate with op ite ed 'of the band formin piece in 0 or to d ect the latter on the side of the 80 hand formin piece, and means for folding the ed es of t e band forming piece one u n the ot er after the band formin piece as passed with the strip from the; lades.

11. A machine of the class described com- 8 prising means for feeding the strip through the machine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip in a stationary position out of engagement with the strip while the latter is mo a folding mechanism 0 rating periodically during the travel of e strip to-operate on'the band forming piece on the supporting means to fold the same partially about the strip, means acting on said band formin piece to cause the atter to travel with t e strip after such folding, and a second folding device acting on the band formi piece to fold the edges thereof one u n e other while said piece is moving with the strip.

12.. A'machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting the band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip in a stationary position and out of engagement with the strip while the latter is moving, folding means for cooperating with a band forming piece on the supporting means for folding opposite edges of the band forming piece on opposite sides of a strip passing through the machine, and a folding tube through which the strip and the band forming tpiece ass, said tube having a slot formed wi walls shaped to fold the e strip, and means for turning the a ing piece to the stri and edges of the band forming piece one upon the other.

14: A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, a support to one side of the strip assing through the machine on which a ban ormin piece is adapted to be positioned, means or applyin an adhesive to the band forming piece whi e it is upon the support, and means for moving the band forming piece from the support to the strip, and means for folding the band forming piece about the strip to cause the edge of the band forming piece with the adhesive to be brou ht into engagement with the other edge of t e band forimng piece. Y

15. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip in a stationary osition and out of engagement with the strip while the latter is moving, an adhesive container, an adhesive applier movable from the adhesive container to the supporting means for the band forming piece to apply an adhesive on one edge of a band forming piece on said support, means for movin the band formolding means for ding the band orming strip to cause the ed wit the adhesive thereon to adhere to t e other edge of the band formin piece.

16. A mac e of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through thehine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip in a stationary ition and out of engagement with the strip while the'latter is moving, an adhesive container, an adhesive aflixer, carrying-means for the adhesive atlixer for moving the latter from the adhesive container to the supporting means for the band forming piece, and means for impartilixxa swin movement to said adhesive or as it is moved from the container to the supporting means for the band forming piece.

17. In combination with a mefans forlsupportinga wrapper, mec anism or app ying an adhesive .to one edge of the wrapper comprising a container or an adhesive having anopeningandarollerinthe exiece about the posed through the opening, an adhesive aflixer, carrying-means for moving the adhesive aifixer from the container to the supporting means and on which the afiixer is pivotally mounted, and, a guide fixed relatively to the container for controlling the movement of the aflixer on the carrying-means and formed to cause the aflixer to pass through the opening and engage said roller at one end of its movement and to apply the adhesive to the wrapper on the supporting means at the other end of the movement.

18. In combination with means for supporting a wrapper, a container having an off-set portion provided" with an opening, a pair of swinging. arms, an aflixer pivotally mounted on said arms and having a projection eccentric to the pivot thereof, and a way on which said projection travels so as to swing the aflixer on the arms as the arms carry'the aflixer from the roller in the container to a wrapper on the supporting means.

, a through the machine.

19. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip, means for feeding a sheet of material to the supporting means, severing means for cutting the material to provide and forming piece, means for applying an adhesive to an edge of the band forming piece, means for moving the band forming piece to the strip moving through the machine, and'means for folding the band forming piece about the strip as it moves through the machine.

20. The combination with means for supporting a wrapper, means for feeding a sheet of material to said supporting means from one side thereof, means adjacent said side for severing said sheet to forma wrapping piece, and means 'for applying an adhesive to one edge of the wrapping piece.

21. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, meansjfor supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the stri means for feeding a sheet of band forming material to the supporting means, means for cutting the band forming material to provide a band forming piece, means for applying an adhesive to one edge of the band forming piece, means forfolding the band forming piece about the strip during the travel of the latter, a controlling device for cooperating --with the strip. during the travel of the latter through the machine, and connection between said cont-rolling'de; vice and the adhesive applying machine and also between said controlling device and the sheet feeding means so that the operation of both cease when a strip is not being moved 22. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supporting a band forming piece to one side of the path of travel of the strip, means for feeding a sheet of band forming material to the supporting means, severing mechanism for operating upon said sheet to cut a band forming piece therefrom, a grooved roller for moving the band forming piece from the supporting means to the strippassing through the machine, and a lever having connection with the grooved roller and also with the severing mechanism so that the severing mechanism is'v operated as the grooved roller moves away from the strip.

23. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supplying a wrappingpiece with an adhesive along one edge, means for folding said wrapping piece around said strip as the strip passes through the machine to overlap the edges of the wrapping piece, a plurality of yielding devices successively operating on said overlapped edges to maintain their overlapped relation until said adhesive has dried, and means for heating said yielding devices to facilitate the drying of said pieces.

24. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through themachine, means for supplying wrapping pieces each with an adhesive along one edge, means for folding said wrapping pieces in spaced relation about said strip as the strip passes through the machine to overlap the edges of the wrapping pieces, and a plurality of heated resilient means successively engaging said overlapped edges for maintaining their overlapped relation until the adhesive has dried.

25. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supplying a wrapping piece with an adhesive along one edge, means for folding said wrapping piece around one edge as the strip passes through the machine to overlap the edges of. the wrapping piece, a plurality of arms successively operating on said overlapped edges, yielding portions each secured to the receiving end of said arms to yieldingly support said 'arms, a bar of high heat conductivity to which said yielding portions are secured, and means for heating said bar.

26. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for supplying one at a time wrapping pieces, each with an adhesive along one edge, means for folding the wrapping piece about the strip in spaced relation to each other as the strip passes through the machine to overlap the edges of the wrapping pieces, a bar over which said strip with the wrapping pieces pass, two endless belts operating on opposite sides of the bar to feed the strip with the wrapping pieces, and means band cooperating with the overlapped edges of the wrapping pieces as the strip passes between the belts to hold said edges in overlapped relation.

5 27. A machine of the class described comprising means for moving a strip through the machine, a support for a flat band forming piece situated to one side of a strip moving through the machine, a roller for moving the orming piece from the support into engagement wlth the strip to cause the band orming piece to travel with the strip, means for moving the opposite edges of the band forming plece on opposite sides of the strip,

15 a folding means acting on the edges of the band formin piece to cause one to overlap the other, an a drying means having feeding elements associated therewith for engaging the band forming piece before the latter has go passed out of engagement with the roller.

28. A machine of the class described comprising means for feeding a strip through the machine, a support for a fiat band forming piece situated to one side of the strip moving 25 through the machine, a. roller for moving the band forming piece from the support into engagement with the strip, means for folding the band forming piece about the strip, and drying means having associated therewith 30 feeding elements which engage the band while 1t is being folded about the strip and before it has passed out of engagement with the grooved roller.

. ARTHUR R. SELDEN. 

